Attorney general said to tell government there’s ‘no legal basis’ not to draft Haredim

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara reportedly tells the government that there is “no legal basis” for continuing to exempt members of the ultra-Orthodox community from being drafted into the IDF.

Baharav-Miara’s comments come after the government lodged a request for separate representation before the High Court on the controversial issue. The attorney general reportedly responds that this option could only be examined after the state informs the High Court what steps it is taking to draft the Haredi community, which it has been ordered to do by the end of April.

Writing to Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs, the attorney general reiterates her position that the IDF must begin drafting Haredi conscripts, saying that the government’s plan to continue the status quo, and not draft members of the ultra-Orthodox community, “is not anchored in any legal basis.”